Hey God, I'm just a little man got
a wife and family
But I almost lost the house, yeah I bought into the dream
We're barely holding on when I'm in way too deep
We're two paychecks away from living out on the streets

She's a workin' single mom,
like a saint she don't complain
She never says a word, but she thinks that she's to blame
Her son just got convicted, he blew some punk away
She did her best to raise him, but the world got in the way

Hey God - tell me what the hell
is going on
Seems like all the good shit's gone
It keeps on getting harder hanging on
Hey God, there's nights you know I want to scream
These days you're even harder to believe
I know how busy you must be, but Hey God....
Do you ever think about me

Born into the ghetto in 1991,
just a happy child
Playing beneath the summer sun
A vacant lot's his playground, by 12 he's got a gun
The odds are bet against him, junior don't make 21

Hey God - tell me what the hell
is going on
Seems like all the good shit's gone
It keeps on getting harder hanging on
Hey God, there's nights you know I want to scream
These days you're even harder to believe
I know how busy you must be, but Hey God....
Do you ever think about me

I'd get down on my knees, I'm
going to try this thing your way
Seen a dying man too proud to beg spit on his own grave
Was he too gone to save?
Did you even know his name?
Are you the one to blame, I got something to say

Hey God - tell me what the hell
is going on
Seems like all the good shit's gone
It keeps on getting harder hanging on
Hey God, there's nights you know I want to scream
These days you're even harder to believe
I know how busy you must be, but Hey God....
Do you ever think about me

Something for the Pain

Happiness, it's been no friend to
me
But forever after ain't what it's all cracked up to be
Yeah, I had a taste, you were my fantasy
But I lost my faith when I hit reality
I don't need no guru to tell me what to do
When you're feeling like a headline on yesterday's news

Come on , Come on, Come on

Give me something for the pain
Give me something for the blues
Give me something for the pain
When I feel I've been danglin' from a hang-man's noose
Give me something for the pain
Give me something I can use
To get me through the night
Make me feel all right, something like you

Loneliness has found a home in
me
My suitcase and guitar are my only family
I've tried to need someone, like they needed me
I opened up my heart but all I did was bleed
I don't need no lover, just to get screwed
They don't make no bandage that's gonna cover my bruise

Come on , Come on, Come on

Give me something for the pain
Give me something for the blues
Give me something for the pain
When I feel I've been danglin' from a hang-man's noose
Give me something for the pain
Give me something I can use
To get me through the night
Make me feel all right, something like you

Pull me under (help I'm
falling)
Run through my veins (night is calling)
To a place (feels like I'm flying)
Where I feel no pain (Christ - I'm dying)
Be the pillow under my head
Give me cover when I'm in my bed
Take me higher than I've ever been
Take me down and back again
Come to me, be my disguise
Open your coat, let me crawl inside

Come on, Come on, Come on
Come on , Come on, Come on

Give me something for the pain
Give me something for the blues
Give me something for the pain
When I feel I've been danglin' from a hang-man's noose
Give me something for the pain
Give me something I can use
To get me through the night
Make me feel all right, something like you

Come on , Come on, Come on

Give me something for the pain
Give me something for the blues
Give me something for the pain
When I feel I've been danglin' from a hang-man's noose
Give me something for the pain
Give me something I can use
To get me through the night
Make me feel all right, something like you

This Ain't a Love Song

Should've seen it coming when the
roses died
Should have seen the end of summer in your eyes
I should have listened when you said good night
You really meant goodbye

Baby ain't it funny how you
never ever learn to fall
You're really on your knees when you think you're standing tall
But only fools are know-it-alls and I've played that fool for you

I cried and cried
There were nights that I died for you baby
I tried and I tried to deny, your love drove me crazy baby

If the love that I've got for
you is gone
If the river I've cried ain't that long
Then I'm wrong yeah I'm wrong
This ain't a love song

Baby I thought you and me would
stand the test of time
Like we got away with the perfect crime
But we were just a legend in my mind
I guess that I was blind

Remember those nights dancing
at the masquerade
The clowns wore smiles that wouldn't fade
You and I were the renegades
Some things never change

It made me so mad 'cause I
wanted it bad for us baby
And now it's so sad that whatever we had
Ain't worth saving oh oh oh

If the love that I've got for
you is gone
If the river I've cried ain't that long
Then I'm wrong yeah I'm wrong
This ain't a love song

If the pain that I'm feeling's
so strong
Is the reason that I'm holding on
Then I'm wrong yeah I'm wrong
This ain't a love song

I cried and I cried
There were nights that I died for you baby
I tried and I tried to deny, your love drove me crazy

If the love that I've got for
you is gone
If the river I've cried ain't that long
Then I'm wrong yeah I'm wrong
This ain't a love song

Then I'm wrong yeah I'm wrong
This ain't a love song
oh oh oh no no

These Days

I was walking around, just a face
in the crowd
Trying to keep myself out of the rain
Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown
Wondered if I might end up the same
There's a man out on the corner, singing old songs about change
Everybody's got their cross to bear these days

She came looking for some
shelter with a suitcase full of dreams
To a motel room on the boulevard
I guess she's trying to be James Dean
She's seen all the disciples and all the wanna-be's
No one wants to be themselves these days
Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days

These days - the stars seem out
of reach
These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days - are fast, love don't last in this graceless age
There ain't anybody left but but us these days

Jimmy Shoes busted both his
legs, trying to learn to fly
From a second storey window, he just jumped and closed his eyes
His mamma said he was crazy - he said "Mamma I've got to try,
Don't you know that all my heroes died
And I guess I'd rather die than fade away"

These days - the stars seem out
of reach
But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days - are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age
Even innocence has caught the midnight train
And there ain't anybody left but but us these days

I know Rome's still burning
Though the times have changed
This world keeps turning round and round and round and round
These days

These days - the stars seem out
of reach
But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days - are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age
Even innocence has caught the midnight train
And there ain't anybody left but but us these days

These days - the stars seem out
of reach
These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days - are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age
There ain't no time to waste
There ain't anybody left to take the blame
And there ain't anybody left but but us these days
There ain't anybody left but but us these days

Lie to me

Rumour has it that your daddy's
coming down
He's gonna pay the rent
Tell me baby, is this as good as this life is gonna get
It feels like there's a stranger standing in these shoes
But I know I can't lose me 'cause then I'd be losing you

I know I promised baby
I would be the one to make our dreams come true
I ain't too proud of all the struggles
And the hard times we've been through
When this cold world comes between us
Please tell me you'll be brave
Cause I can realize the danger when forgiveness fades away

If you don't love me - lie to
me
'Cause baby you're the one thing I believe
Let it all fall down around us, if that's what's meant to be
Right now if you don't love me baby - lie to me

Pour another cup of coffee,
babe I got something to say to you
I ain't got the winning ticket
Not the one that's gonna pull us through
No one said that it'd be easy, let your old man take you home
But know if you walk out on me
That darling, I'd be gone

If you don't love me - lie to
me
'Cause baby you're the one thing I believe
Let it all fall down around us, if that's what's meant to be
Right now if you don't love me baby - lie to me

Baby - I can take it

It's a bitch, but life's a
roller coaster ride
The ups and downs will make you scream sometimes
It's hard believing that the thrill is gone
But we got to go around again, so let's hold on

If you don't love me - lie to
me
'Cause baby you're the one thing I believe
Let it all fall down around us, if that's what's meant to be
Right now if you don't love me baby - lie to me

Your breathing sounds like
screaming, it's all that I can stand
His ring is on your finger, but my heart is in your hands

Damned if you love me - damned
if you don't
It's getting harder holding on, but I can't let you go
Damned if you don't need me - damned if you do
God , I wish it wasn't me standing in these shoes
Damned, damned

A door slams like a shotgun,
you jump up to your feet
But it's just the wind blowing through the secrets that we keep
Made me wanna want you, God knows I need to need you
By the time the love is over, I'll be sleeping on the streets

Damned if you love me - damned
if you don't
It's getting harder holding on, but I can't let you go
Damned if you don't need me - damned if you do
God , I wish it wasn't me standing in these shoes
Damned, damned

Why won't you talk to me?
Because I'm too blind to see
Why won't you look at me? Because I'm afraid to breathe
What do you want from me? All that I can stand
The lies are on my tongue and I can't turn back I know
The soul is damned

Don't worry
I ain't gonna call you or hear you say my name
And if you see me on the street, don't wave just walk away
Our lives are getting twisted, let's keep our stories straight
The more that I resist it, my temptation turns to fate

Damned if you love me - damned
if you don't
It's getting harder holding on, but I can't let you go
Damned if you don't need me - damned if you do
God , I wish it wasn't me standing in these shoes
Damned, damned

My Guitar Lies Bleeding in
my Arms

Misery likes company, I like the
way that sounds
I've been trying to find the meaning, so I can write it down
Staring out the window, it's such a long way down
I'd like to jump, but I'm afraid to hit the ground

I can't write a love song the
way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope, I got nothing to say
Life is feeling kind of strange, since you went away
I sing this song to you wherever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

I'm tired of watching TV, it
makes me want to scream
Outside the world is burning, man it's so hard to believe
Each day you know you're dying from the cradle to the grave
I get so numb sometimes, that I can't feel the pain

I can't write a love song the
way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope, I got nothing to say
Life is feeling kind of strange, since you went away
I sing this song to you wherever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

Staring at the paper, I don't
know what to write
I'll have my last cigarette - well, turn out the lights
Maybe tomorrow I'll feel a different way
But here is my delusion, I don't know what to say

I can't write a love song the
way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope, I got nothing to say
Life is feeling kind of strange, since you went away
I sing this song to you wherever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

I can't write a love song the
way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope, There's no one left to save
And I can't fight the feelings, buried in my brains
I send this song to wherever you are,
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms

(It's hard) Letting you Go

It ain't no fun lying down to
sleep
And there ain't no secrets left for me to keep
I wish the stars up in the sky would all just call in sick
And the clouds would take the moon out on some one-way trip

I drove all night down streets
that wouldn't bend
But somehow they drove me back here once again
To the place I lost at love, the place I lost my soul
I wish I'd just burn down this place that we called home

It would all have been so easy
If you'd only made me cry
And told me how you're leaving me
To some organ grinder's lullaby

Now the sky, it shines a
different kind of blue
And the neighbor's dog don't bark like he used to
Well, me, these days I just miss you
It's the nights that I go insane
Unless you're coming back
For me, that's one thing I know that won't change

Now some tarot card shark said
I'll draw you a heart
And we'll find you somebody else new
But I've made my last trip to those carnival lips
When I bet all that I had on you

It's hard, it's hard, it's
hard, so hard
It's hard letting you go

Hearts Breaking Even

It's been a cold, cold, cold, cold
night tonight
And I can't get you off my mind
God knows I've tried
Did I throw away the best part of my life
When I cut you off, did I cut myself with the same damn knife
Hide my tears in the pouring rain, had my share of hurt and pain
Don't say my name, run away, cause it's all in vain

My hearts breaking even, now
there's no use we even try
Hey I cried, yeah I died, hell I almost died
Don't got a reason, let's just fold the cards and say good-bye
It's all right, just two hearts breaking even tonight

It's been a long, long, long
time
Since I've had your love here in my hands
We didn't understand it, we couldn't understand it
But, nothing's fair in love and hate
You lay it all down and walk away, before it's too late
We danced all night as the music played
The sheets got tangled in the mess we made
There in the stains, we remain,
No one left to blame

My hearts breaking even, now
there's no use we even try
Hey I cried, yeah I died, hell I almost died
Don't got a reason, let's just fold the cards and say good-bye
It's all right, just two hearts breaking even tonight

Go on, get on with your life,
Yeah - I'll get on with mine
Broken hearts can't call the cops, yeah it's the perfect crime
Twisting and turning the night keeps me yearning
I'm burning alive
I'm paying the price again
But I'll see the light again

My hearts breaking even, now
there's no use we even try
Hey I cried, yeah I died, hell I almost died
Don't got a reason, let's just fold the cards and say good-bye
It's all right, just two hearts breaking even tonight

Something to Believe in

I lost all faith in my God, in his
religion too
I told the angels they could sing their songs to someone new
I lost all trust in my friends, I watched my heart turn to stone
I thought that I was left to walk this wicked world alone

And I had lost touch with
reason
I watched life criticize the truth
Been waiting for a miracle
I know you have too

Though I know I won't win
I'll take this one on the chin
We'll raise a toast and I'll pretend
I got something to believe in

If I don't believe in Jesus,
how can I believe the Pope
If I don't believe in heroin, how can I believe the dope
If there's nothing but survival, how can I believe in sin
In a world that gives you nothing, we need something to believe in.

If I don't believe in Jesus,
how can I believe the Pope
If I don't believe in heroin, how can I believe the dope
If there's nothing but survival, how can I believe in sin
In a world that gives you nothing, we need something to believe in.

If that's What It Takes

I played the part of a broken
heart upon a shelf
I played that part so lonely and so well
Thought that love belonged to someone else, not me and you
Yeah, I know that you've been shattered , you been bruised
We both know what it feels like when you lose
But I'd bet my life on the roll of the dice for you

If that's what it takes, that's
what I'd do
Tonite 's the night, I'm gonna prove it to you
Do I have to break down, baby just to break through
If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
If that's what it takes...

I bet you counted all the tears
I bet you've cried
I bet you swore you'd never let love back inside
'Cause it hurt you way too bad to say good-bye
Now, there'll be times when I might put us to the test
And it's hard for broken hearts to just forget
But I'm driving blind, I'll lay it all on the line for you

If that's what it takes, that's
what I'd do
Tonite 's the night, I'm gonna prove it to you
Do I have to break down, baby just to break through
If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
If that's what it takes...

So, when you feel like jumping,
Just when your heart starts pumpking
When you're standing out on that ledge-staring over the edge
I'll be there to talk you down, I'll be there before you hit the ground

If that's what it takes, that's
what I'd do
Tonite 's the night, I'm gonna prove it to you
Do I have to break down, baby just to break through
If that's what it takes, that's what I'd do
If that's what it takes...

Some 15 year old kid sits on his
porch, just half-past noon
Trying to figure out just what he's doing
Why he had to grow up so soon
With all the gangs, all the guns - whatcha gonna learn in school
There's got to be some way out of here
He says: Man, this life is cruel

I knew this Puerto Rican girl
who lied to change her life
She changed her name, her face because the grass looked greener
on the other side
She turned her back, she ran away straight into the night
Her friends, her family feel the pain, but she's the one who cries

Tell me what you want (Tell me
what you want)
Tell me what you need (Tell me what you need)
I want everything (I want it all)
I've had enough of havin' nothing, I won't take just anything
I got my mind set on something, All I want is everything
It's my life Mr. - I ain't running, I'm no puppet on a string
I want more than I see coming
All I want is everything
All I want is everything

Say a prayer for Donnie, he
died in his room just the other day
His brother came home, found him dead on the floor with a needle in his vein
Cops came down with a body bag, they said Donnie's a casulaty
I said, All it's about is the boy checked out, he couldn't handle reality

Tell me what you want (Tell me
what you want)
Tell me what you need (Tell me what you need)
I want everything (I want it all)
I've had enough of havin' nothing, I won't take just anything
I got my mind set on something, All I want is everything
It's my life Mr. - I ain't running, I'm no puppet on a string
I want more than I see coming
All I want is everything
All I want is everything
I want it all

Bitter Wine

We met some time ago, when we were
almost young
It never crossed my mind to ask, where did you come from
I didn't have much money, so I stole you a rose
You were dressed like an orphan, in Salvation Army clothes

I never thought Id loose you,
no Id rather go blind
I thought I saw the future but the fortune teller lied
Your love was my salvation, it could always get me high
What was once holy water, tastes like bitter wine

I know I wasn't funny, but you
laughed at all of my jokes
When I was choking on the words to say,
You stuck your finger down my throat
The first night I said I loved you, you told me to go to hell
You were giving me head on that creeky old bed at the Ol'Duvol Motel

Just like everything, even good
love has to die
Aint no sympathy when it says goodbye
Your love was my salvation, it could always get me high
What was once holy water, tastes like bitter wine

Just like everything, good love
has to die (good love has to die)
Ain't no sympathy when it says goodbye, no one even cried
We were one of a kind, one of a kind

Love left me stranded at the
station and the last trains gone by
What was once holy water, tastes like bitter wine
Your love was my salvation, it could always get me high
You take the bag of holy water and all thats left is bitter wine